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tofu / bean curd
HSK 4
potato (CL:個|个) / (Tw) peanut (CL:顆|颗)
HSK 5
legume-based product / soybean product
HSK 5
soy milk
HSK 7-9
bean / pea / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu)
soybean
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豆* | 豆* | *豆
legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗,) / (old) stemmed cup or bowl
variant of 豆干
bean paste bun
star anise-flavored fava beans (snack from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province)
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
green soybean / green peas
nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) / mace / Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils)
nattō, a type of fermented soybean, popular as a breakfast food in Japan
pod (of legumes)
(fashion) (loanword) model
croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科 / croton seed, a strong purgative
kidney bean
Fabaceae / Leguminosae / legume family (botany)
cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) / fig. a girl's teenage years / maidenhood / a budding beauty
mung bean
amanattō, traditional Japanese sweets made from azuki or other beans
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *荳* | 荳* | *荳
legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗,) (variant of )
red bean paste
stinky tofu / strong-smelling preserved beancurd / fig. rough exterior but lovable person
Douban, a Chinese social networking website
cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea) / thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣醬|豆瓣酱)
soybean milk / fermented bean curd
G6PD deficiency (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency)
soybean
pea (Pisum sativum)
mapo tofu / stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce
lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
bean sprouts
hyacinth bean / haricot
almond tofu; almond jelly (dessert made with apricot kernel milk, sugar and agar)
sticky chili bean sauce / doubanjiang
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
mashed potato
trivial / minute (size)
to grumble / to chatter away incessantly
(idiom) (of a girl) 13 or 14 years old; early teens; adolescence
bean sprout
sugar snap pea
sweetened bean paste
immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
see 豆干
watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
(literary) stalk of a bean plant (when dried, used as a cooking fuel)
okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
pea shoots / bean seedling
to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
(bird species of China) taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)
Indian cardamom (Amomum cardamomum)
okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
Myristicaceae (family of plants including nutmeg)
cowpea / black-eyed bean
acne
potato chips / crisps / fried potato
short-sighted / limited vision
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
string bean / snap bean / green bean
dried beancurd (tofu)
pea gruel
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root
burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
green bean / French bean / runner bean
beanie
soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce
fodder
baked beans
variant of 芸豆
pressed tofu; dried tofu (ingredient of Chinese cuisine made by pressing, drying and flavoring tofu to produce a firm chewy block, typically cut into thin strips when preparing a dish)
douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk
cooked black soybean as animal fodder
fried tofu (cubes)
soy milk
coffee beans
erhua variant of 豆角
bean
variant of 扁豆
variant of 扁豆
kidney bean
legume / leguminous plant
tamarind (Tamarindus indica) tropical tree with bean-like fruit / pickled caper
jerry-built building project / lit. built on soybean dregs
black bean / black bean sauce
chickpea (Cicer arietinum) / garbanzo bean
mung bean cake (pastry with a rounded top, containing a sweet or savory filling made with cooked mung beans)
hummus
fried beans, Sichuan style
hot and sour shredded potato

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